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Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... with 3.4% and BUSS(Q) with 2.8%. The top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were (again) Vision Super with 3.8%, EquipSuper with 2.7%, Quadrant with 2.3% and AustralianSuper and Perpetual Wealth Focus both with 2.2%. There ...

DomaCom to offer advisers free software

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Internet-based property investment vehicle DomaCom is set to offer advisers free access to an online financial planning software tool. DomaCom Guided Planning System (GPS) is a software application that enables advisers to assess their clients' current ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... taking most of their existing client base with them. Sovereign's asset consulting clients for alternatives include Sunsuper, Vision Super, Westpac Staff Super and Perpetual, with funds under advice estimated at around $5bn, noting that Sovereign advises ...

Vic to issue bonds to plug VisionSuper DB deficit

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Victorian councils will fund a deficit uncovered in a Vision Super defined benefit fund through a special purpose bond issue backed by the state government. The Melbourne-based industry super fund, which manages funds on behalf of public sector employees ...

AFA opens Adviser of the Year nominations

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers, in partnership with Zurich, has opened nominations for the 2012 AFA Adviser of the Year Award. The Award is celebrating its 10th year of recognising the best advisers in Australia. "Zurich partnered with the Association ...

Equipsuper pulls plug on Vision merger

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
The board of Equipsuper has voted unanimously to withdraw from its planned merger with Vision Super. Equipsuper has cited differences at Board level on the investment model to be employed as the motive behind the decision, although integration of the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a mixed result on Wall Street but tumbles on European bourses over fears Greece may leave the euro zone. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,080. ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing. Medcraft's IOSCO term will begin when current chairman, Masamichi Kono, steps ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index has continued its climb back into positive territory posting a return of 1.90% for the 12 months to end March 2012. This is up slightly from 0.26% at end February, -0.4% at end January and 1.7% at end ...

Budget tightening to hit IMR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
Revenue constraints and an unwillingness to concede reductions in the tax base may impact the timing of the Investment Manager Regime. That was the inference made by Treasury official Rob Heferen at the Senate Standing Committee on Economics yesterday. ...